‘Once Upon a Time’ Recap: Season 3, Episode 17, ‘The Jolly Roger’

By

Gwen Orel

Apr 13, 2014 9:29 pm ET

In this episode, we learn about what hook was up to in the past, when he had his memories and the others didn’t. We also encounter Ariel in her search for Prince Eric. Emma gets magic lessons from Regina, and Zelena’s nowhere to be seen.

An armored man stops soldiers in chain mail to rob them. It’s Hook and his crew, who go on to carouse in a pub. Outside the pub, in an alley, a woman pins him down with a knife to his throat: Ariel.

And the only way we know this is not the distant Fairy Back is that the next scene is in Storybrooke, nine months later, as David, Emma and Snow struggle to put a crib together. They haven’t seen Zelena or Gold since the showdown. Regina arrives, and says she’s put on a protective spell. Emma wants to take the spell to Zelena, and Regina agrees to teach her. Snow and David are disappointed that Emma won’t leave Henry with them—because all the baby talk is boring to teenage Henry, who doesn’t remember them. Later that encourages David to teach Henry to drive, and rides over a mailbox. Jealous daddy is kinda cute.

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